Locked out Yallourn power station workers back at work

The lockout of 75 Yallourn power station workers officially ended yesterday.

Energy Australia locked the workers out of the plant without pay for almost 100 days, due to an industrial dispute.

The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) members voted on an in-principle wage and conditions agreement about two weeks ago, effectively ending the lockout.

The CFMEU's Luke Van Der Meulen says the workers are glad to be back at work and back on the payroll.

"The vote will be edited and concluded, during this week, I'd imagine it will be circulated by the end of the week, members would be looking at the document over the following week, and I'd say the agreements would be voted up a week after that," he said.

"Oh very buoyant, just about all the 75 [workers] turned up this morning with their families, there was lots of balloons and streamers and quite a celebration to welcome the people back to their normal shift work."